Neopterin and biopterin concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid in controls less than 1 year old

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-267

  Sawada, Yoshitomo ^a   Shintaku, Haruo ^a   Isshiki, Gen ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

6 Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase deficiency; Biopterin; Cerebrospinal fluid; N B ratio; Neopterin; Peripheral form; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; DYSPROPTERIN; NEOPTERIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; URINE LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; BIOPTERIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPTERIN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033030333     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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